What does geometric mean, mean geometrically? Assessing the utility of geometric mean and other size variables in studies of skull allometry

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-415

  Coleman, Mark N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Mandibular robusticity; Orbit size; Size adjustment

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; MANDIBLE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PLATYRRHINI; SKULL; TAXON; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; MANDIBLE; MATHEMATICS; ORBIT; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 40949121354     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20761     Document Type: Article

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